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The Ruling on Divorce under Duress
A wife forced her husband to divorce her, as she placed a knife on her stomach and said to him: Divorce me or I will kill myself. He uttered the divorce, knowing that this wife was under the influence of magic. What is the ruling on this divorce?
Answer
I say, and with God's help: It is well-known that the divorce of the coerced is valid in terms of legal judgment, but not in terms of religious law, and God knows best.
